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ExxonMobil starts production at Hebron Field, offshore Newfoundland

Canada

Project achieved over 40 million hours without a lost-time injury during construction Exxon Mobil Corporation announced that the Hebron project started production safely and ahead of schedule and at its peak will produce 150,000 barrels of oil per day, according to a press release. Discovered in 1980, the Hebron field is estimated to contain more than […]

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N.L. government ignoring union’s safety warning at refinery

Canada

Operators suspended after not signing safe-work permits they believed hazardous The union representing North Atlantic Refining Limited employees is calling out the provincial government for ignoring concerns reminiscent of the troubling conditions leading up to a fatal explosion at the Come By Chance refinery in 1998, according to a press release. “Our concerns over health

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25.5 billion barrel West Orphan Basin development may be hobbled by low prices

Canada

West Orphan Basin located northeast of Newfoundland By Nia Williams CALGARY, Alberta, Aug 25 (Reuters) – A deepwater oilfield off the coast of eastern Canada could hold 25.5 billion barrels of crude, according to a new seismic report by the Newfoundland and Labrador government, potentially making it the country’s largest offshore resource. But the West

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